Killing A City

I think I'm getting closer to wrapping my head around all that has been happening in my Brooklyn neighborhood and in other parts of New York City; we're becoming more like Paris. Rich in the middle and poor on the outs.

Gone is the notion that blocks can be different from one another and neighborhoods are well, neighborhoods. This change has happened in Manhattan in such a quickness most folks can't recall the working class neighborhoods that once were. The same is happening in Brooklyn.

I also think it's important to say that New York has not only been known as a place with diversity simply because of the people who have been able to live here within fantastic proximity to one another, but also because of what people can do. Namely, New York's diverse economy is what has made it strong. The day it takes someone to trael an hour by subway to pour a cup of Starbucks in Midtown to a well-paid office exectutive you can count this city amongst the dead.

Light manufacturing that helped to create a diverse economy in New York is being replaced by tall and quite expensive apartment dwellings.

This was shot from inside what was a rather large tool and dye factory on Bedford Avenue and N5 Street.